Exotel vs. Kamailio SIP Server

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Exotel
Score 7.8 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Exotel is an advanced customer engagement platform that combines CPaaS, omnichannel contact centers, and Conversational AI. The platform is designed to foster richer, AI-powered, and contextual interactions, offering businesses unparalleled speed and scale in their communications.
$200
5 months Validity
Kamailio SIP Server
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
The Kamailio SIP Server, formerly known as OpenSER or SER, is an open source VoIP and communications platform.N/A
Pricing
ExotelKamailio SIP Server
Editions & Modules
Dabbler
$200
5 months Validity
Believer
$500
11 months Validity
Influencer
$1000
11 months Validity
Custom
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ExotelKamailio SIP Server
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
ExotelKamailio SIP Server
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Exotel
-
Ratings
Kamailio SIP Server
8.0
1 Ratings
0% above category average
Hosted PBX00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
User templates00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Call reports00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Directory of employee names00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Exotel
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Ratings
Kamailio SIP Server
8.4
1 Ratings
1% above category average
Answering rules00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Call recording00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Call park00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Call screening00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Message alerts00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Exotel
-
Ratings
Kamailio SIP Server
7.5
1 Ratings
6% below category average
Video conferencing00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Audio conferencing00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Video screen sharing00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Instant messaging00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
ExotelKamailio SIP Server
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ExotelKamailio SIP Server
Likelihood to Recommend
Exotel Techcom
Exotel is well suited for: - Small and mid-sized Internet based businesses where it is necessary for them to have a very strong customer support team working round the clock and in different shifts. - Company making large number of calls and sending mass SMS's. They can do that on a single cloud based platform. Exotel might not be a good fit if: -it is not a call intensive business that you want to cater to. Though the setup cost is very low but it follows economies of scale i.e. more the number of calls, less will be per call cost.
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Open Source
Kamailio SIP Server is very well suited if you want to secure your main servers; it can perfectly act as a proxy server and a gateway to your main server. It also does load balancing and call transfers easily based on the configurations done.
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Pros
Exotel Techcom
  • Outbound calling for Sales/Support
  • Call routing to Agent Mobiles
  • Inbuild Inbound flow designer
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Open Source
  • Proxy server.
  • Security Firewall.
  • SIP to PSTN gateway.
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Cons
Exotel Techcom
  • Communication
  • Not for large companies
  • Volume of texts
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Open Source
  • Interportability
  • SIP conversions.
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Likelihood to Renew
Exotel Techcom
As a company our goals have slightly surpassed the current Exotel features and would want some other software which has better capabilities
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Open Source
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Usability
Exotel Techcom
For cold calling and outbound callings, to a certain extend Exotel serves the purpose as mutliple DID numbers are available at our fingertips. For company which use outcalling as a form of passing information to users can benefit from the flexibility it provides. They have a recharge and use model which doesnt have certain expiry. Basic API documentation available and lesser support from their support team on this matter makes it difficult to check if the API thows any error
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Open Source
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Support Rating
Exotel Techcom
Initially they had chat support which was available faster. But now the chat support gets routed to a virtual agent and unable to get in touch with an actual agent. They also have no support with respect to the API's and other integrations.
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Open Source
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Implementation Rating
Exotel Techcom
It was pretty straight forward
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Open Source
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Alternatives Considered
Exotel Techcom
Exotel was selected by us because of the following reasons: -Low set-up and maintenance cost as compared to its peers. -Prompt customer service: You want to upgrade your plan or facing any issues around the platform, Exotel team is just a call away. -Call recording Quality was also better than the peers.
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Open Source
As Kamailio SIP Server is an open source, the major impact is on cost; it's free to use compared to any other Softswitch or server in the market. You can also customize it to your need and use the features that you need, which is one of the major plus points for the Kamailio SIP Server. And one server is enough to handle thousands of calls simultaneously.
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Return on Investment
Exotel Techcom
  • This increased onboarding efficiency to save money on startup.
  • This saved us money by getting both services from one company.
  • Con was price was higher than we would have liked but efficiency made up for that.
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Open Source
  • As its open source ROI is excellent.
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